This incredible footage shows the moment fighter jets were dispatched to intercept a passenger plane bound for Heathrow Airport after contact was lost with the flight.

The precautionary decision was made to send the aircraft after the Jet Airways Boeing 777 plane lost contact with air traffic controllers as it flew over Germany.

The footage was taken from a British Airways plane behind the passengers plane, which set off from Mumbai, India, on Thursday (February 16) and shows the Eurofighter Typoons shoot into the clouds alongside the plane.